Definizione monolingua

phoenix

phoenix (plural phoenix or phoenixes)

1. (mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
2. (figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile.

   Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead stars disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.

phoen?x m., f., n., (genitive phoen?cis); third declension

1. Phoenician

Definizione dizionario phoenix

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	mythological bird

phoenix

Altri significati:

(figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile. '''Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.'''

anything reborn after apparently being destroyed

taxonomic terms (plants)

(mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.